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This week we check in with Dickens, #StetPet editorial assistant of OR author and editor @JerrySmith6559.
"My editorial assistant and morale officer moonlights as a structural engineer. Here he tests a new bench on the boardwalk to see if it can safely support 80 lbs. It can."
ALT Dog sitting on a bench on a pier boardwalk.
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This is Assistant Proofreader, #StetPet editorial assistant to Boston editor @H_E_Saunders.
Heather posted a belly-scratchingly good thread yesterday with a look into Assistant Proofreader's diligent work day: xitter.cf/H_E_Saunders/status/12…
Extra virtual ear scratches all around!
ALT White dog on its back, looking at camera with big smile
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El Editor 📑 retweeted
Roll Call: who is joining us in Salt Lake City for #ACES2020? The early bird rate ends this Wednesday, Jan. 15!
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📈The #BTS comeback announcement has driven a 31,000% spike in searches for 'come prima,' a term meaning “in the same manner as the first time.” merriam-webster.com/news-tre…
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Seriously, @Scrabble, why aren’t ANY of these words?
Belipfy
Blepify
Febilyp
Feyblip
Flybipe
Pifleby
Plebify
Pybifle
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Join editor @PeterSokolowski as he explains the data and decisions behind our #WordOfTheYear process: merriam-webster.com/video/20…
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The word ‘they’
- was looked up 313% more this year than last.
- had a new sense added in September.
- is increasingly common in both public and personal communication.
‘They’ is our 2019 #WordOfTheYear.
merriam-webster.com/words-at…
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At the desk. Much as I have fellow feeling for elderly cranks, I do not weep for the Apostrophe Protection society.
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Arrived today: "The Whole World in a Book: Dictionaries in the Nineteenth Century" from OUP (@OxUniPress), which includes my chapter "The Invention of the Modern Dictionary."
global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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At the desk. Snip a comma, stet a comma, snip a comma, stet a comma, snip, snip, snip. snip a lot, stet a little now ...
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Being correct is good, but being hypercorrect can make you look foolish.
bit.ly/2Q0DMQf
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It’s finally here! Today we publish the 7th edition of the Publication Manual and launch a new APA Style website and blog! In this first blog post, we share some of the questions we've received over the years & discuss what's new in #APAStyle! apastyle.apa.org/blog/new-ed…
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Q. How do I cite a YouTube video in Chicago style?
Q. Can an em dash be used to connect two complete sentences?
Q. Are decimals from zero to one singular or plural?
We answer your #ChicagoStyle questions in the September Q&A at CMOS Online! chicagomanualofstyle.org/qan…
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English grammar does not need policing.
bit.ly/2KAQXEc
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OED Word of the Day: fuhgeddaboudit, int. In representations of regional speech (associated especially with New York and New Jersey): ‘forget about it’, used to indicate that a suggested scenario is unlikely or undesirable.
oed.com/view/Entry/51390667
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Just discovered Shapecatcher.com, for those times when you're so desperate to type a special character you go to this website and draw a picture of it to get the Unicode.
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"Sure, You Got A’s in English—But Do You Know Where Commas Go?" Feeling feisty today at #CMOSShoptalk: cmosshoptalk.com/2019/08/08/…
